I VIAGGI DI FAUSTINA Faustina Bordoni’s journeys to Naples
‘Sirene’ - Viaggi musicali di celebri cantanti - vol. 1
GCD 922606
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Roberta Invernizzi, soprano
I Turchini / Antonio Florio
Alessandro Ciccolini, first violin (leader) Tommaso Rossi, recorder Patrizio Focardi, Paolo Cantamessa, first violins Marco Piantoni, Nunzia Sorrentino, Massimo Percivaldi, second violins Rosario Di Meglio, viola Rebeca Ferri, violoncello & 2nd recorder Eva Sola, violoncello Giorgio Sanvito, double bass Patrizia Varone, harpsichord
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Total playing time: 66:37
Recorded in Naples (Sala del Vasari, Chiesa di S. Anna dei Lombardi) on May 31 and 1-2 June 2012Engineered and produced by Rino TrasiExecutive producer: Carlos CésterTexts and iconographical research: Giulia Veneziano English - Français - Deutsch - Italiano
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I VIAGGI DI FAUSTINAFaustina Bordoni’s journeys to Naples
01 Son prigionera d’amore [Cleofide – Nicola Porpora, Poro. Turin, 1731]
02 Scendi da questo soglio [Camilla – Leonardo Vinci, Il Trionfo di Camilla. Parma, 1725]
03 Canta e dì caro usignolo [Giulia – Francesco Mancini, Traiano. Naples, 1723]
04 Sinfonia (Presto e staccato – Largo – Presto forte e staccato) [Nicola Porpora, Agrippina. Naples, 1708]
05 Confusa, smarrita [Marzia – Leonardo Vinci, Catone in Utica. Naples, 1732]
06 Un guardo solo ancor [Camilla – Leonardo Vinci, Il Trionfo di Camilla. Parma, 1725]
07 Raggio amico di speranza [Cleofide – Nicola Porpora, Poro. Turin, 1731]
08 Sinfonia (Allegro – Andante staccato – Allegro) [Francesco Mancini, Traiano. Naples, 1723]
09 Tortora che il suo bene [Rosmira – Domenico Sarro, Partenope. Turin, 1722/23]
10 Non ti minaccio sdegno [Marzia – Leonardo Vinci, Catone in Utica. Naples, 1732]
11 Ecco mi parto / Qual rusceletto [Leonardo Vinci, Cantata “Parto ma con qual core”. Naples, 1723]
12 Concerto per flauto e archi (Amoroso – Adagio – Allegro) [Domenico Sarro]
13 Spera sì, mio caro bene [Giulia – Francesco Mancini, Traiano. Naples, 1723]
14 Lasciami un sol momento [Rosiclea – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Rosiclea in Dania. Naples, 1721]
About this CD
With I Viaggi di Faustina Glossa is launching a new collection focusing on famous Italian singers from the 17th and 18th centuries, whose travels bear witness to the intense level of artistic activity then taking place in the major cities of Europe. Faustina Bordoni, the brilliant diva with whom we begin this series pursued her career mainly in Naples (the principal focus of this CD) and Venice, but also in cities such as Bologna, Parma, Dresden and London. These were cities hosting – with great success – operas by Johann Adolph Hasse (Bordoni’s husband), Nicola Popora, Leonardo Vinci, Francesco Mancini and Domenico Sarro; most of these composers are represented on this first selection of wonderful arias.
The artist chosen to reincarnate Faustina Bordoni has been the singer considered by many to be the leading soprano in Baroque music today: Roberta Invernizzi. In a repertory fitting her like a glove, Invernizzi displays all her renowned sensitivity and virtuosity along with a sense of mutual musical understanding – which is second bar none – with Antonio Florio and I Turchini. This is Roberta Invernizzi’s second release on the label as the main protagonist, the first being her outstanding and very highly-appreciated album of Vivaldi arias.
Devised by the scholar Dinko Fabris and the conductor Antonio Florio, with further musicological advice coming from Juan José Carreras and Giulia Veneziano, this new collection also gives a central importance to the texts and to the iconography which provide each recording with their context; in this way endeavouring to create the most complete and stimulating vision possible of the conditions which were surrounding these inimitable artists.
When setting out on their new collection of recordings dedicated to the musical travels of famous singers from the past, entitled ‘Sirene’, Antonio Florio of I Turchini and Dinko Fabris could have considered no other, no better voice from today than that of Roberta Invernizzi to assume the starring role. Invernizzi has, after all, played a crucial role over the years in many of I Turchini’s concert programmes and recordings devoted to Neapolitan music of the Baroque and beyond. With these Viaggi musicali di celebri cantanti the leading Italian musical scholar Fabris and his colleagues are recreating for the modern listener the musical soundworlds of singers who helped forge opera as we know it today: these were the musicians who trekked across Europe at the specific requests of composers, impresarios or audiences to add glitz and star quality to new productions. One such was Faustina Bordoni, whose performing career lasted from 1716 to 1751, starting off in her native Venice before criss-crossing Europe. She appeared in court and public opera houses alike whilst becoming one of the greatest singers of her time (and getting involved in a very modern series of spats with fellow soprano Francesca Cuzzoni). On this new recording from Glossa made in Naples (the setting for important triumphs for Bordoni), Roberta Invernizzi, Antonio Florio and I Turchini recapture the lustre of 18th century opera – in music rarely, if ever, heard today, from composers such as Leonardo Vinci, Domenico Sarro, Nicola Porpora and Francesco Mancini – with a video from the sessions being available on YouTube. To set the scene for this new collection Dinko Fabris talks about the dramatic times of Faustina Bordoni, 18th century Naples and Roberta Invernizzi. [read more...]